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<hw>In*ept"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Unfitness; ineptitude.</def>

<blockquote>The feebleness and miserable <b>ineptness</b> of infancy. <i>Dr. H. More.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Inequable</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*e"qua*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Unequable.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Inequal</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*e"qual</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>inaequalis</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Equal</er>.]</ety> <def>Unequal; uneven; various.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Inequality</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*qual"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Inequalities</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[L. <ets>inaequalitas</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; <as>as, an <ex>inequality</ex> in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>There is so great an <b>inequality</b> in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. <i>Ray.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Notwithstanding which <b>inequality</b> of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. <i>Ludlow.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great <b>inequality</b> of condition. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; <as>as, the <ex>inequalities</ex> of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>The country is cut into so many hills and <b>inequalities</b> as renders it defensible. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.</def>

<blockquote><b>Inequality</b> of air is ever an enemy to health. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; <as>as, the <ex>inequality</ex> of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul</as>.</def>

<i>South.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Alg.)</fld> <def>An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (&gt; or &lt;) between them; <as>as, the <ex>inequality</ex> 2 &lt; 3, or 4 &gt; 1</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.</def>

<h1>Inequation</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In`e*qua"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>An inequality.</def>

<h1>Inequidistant</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*e`qui*dis"tant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Not equally distant; not equidistant.</def>

<h1>Inequilateral</h1> <Xpage=756>

<hw>In*e`qui*lat"er*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal-sided.</def>